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Written by Miss Read (pen name of Dora Jessie Saint) - Performed by Gwen Watford - Unabridged Fiction - 4 CASSETTES - 6.1 hours

Publisher, Audio Partners (January 2001)

"We humbly thank Miss Read for the enormous richness, charm and delight she has added to our days." -- Jan Karon, author of the popular Mitford books, as posted to the Penguin Putnam, Inc., web page.

The Thrush Green cottage known as Tullivers has remained curiously unoccupied for many years. When Phil, an attractive young woman, and her young son move in after being deserted by husband and father, the village takes them under its collective wing. Harold Shoosmith arrives unannounced at their door with advice and help when Phil starts working in her wild garden. This help includes hooking her up with his best friend, a successful London publisher who prints her stories. When Phil's estranged husband dies in a car accident in France, her new freedom brings more changes to her life as well as a new love to the village.

Miss Read is a pseudonym for Dora Jessie Saint, who wrote prolifically based on her life as a teacher in a small English village. She wrote 30 novels in her Thrush Green and Fairacre series. She began her writing career as an essayist for the British magazine Punch and has been a scriptwriter for BBC. Retired now from both teaching and writing, she recently celebrated her 86th birthday and lives in a tiny Berkshire hamlet.

Gwen Watford (1927-1994) enjoyed an award winning acting career that spanned decades and included numerous stage, screen, and television performances.